-
Description
Formerly 'Twelves Trio', the group have changed their name to accommodate a new member and come armed with an astounding follow up to their acclaimed 2008 debut. More exploratory and rockier than the last record, the new music links as much to the sounds of Ornette Coleman and John Zorn as the John Coltrane styled ballads of their first release.
The album's highlights include opening track Many Splendoured Thing: Part 1 setting the scene with a dark rocky guitar intro that flips into a free-boppy theme. With no segue it cuts straight to the second part of the suite where it finds Hanslip's introspective and lyrical deep tenor. T
he excellent and dramatic Spiders oscillates between an upbeat theme and more spacious ECM territory, with fractured solos that are reminiscent of Dave Hollands' 'Conference of Birds'. Kerfuffle is a more overtly modern jazz tune that doffs its cap to Steve Coleman – with a strong solo from Hanslip over Giles skittery broken grooves.
The traditional folk song Shallow Brown is the album's only 'cover', a warm almost folk bass solo brings to mind Charlie Haden at his most lyrical while the band slowly start to join with expansive guitar, breathy tenor and restless drums.
Twelves are Riaan Vosloo on bass, Tim Giles on drums, Mark Hanslip on tenor sax and new recruit Rob Updegraff on guitar.
-
Tracklisting
- 1. Many Splendoured Thing Part 1
- 2. Many Splendoured Thing Part 2
- 3. Spiders
- 4. Kerfuffle
- 5. Shallow Brown
- 6. Party Girls
- 7. Eyeballing
- 8. Mr Zero
Disc 1
Side 1
-
-
No. Two (With Special Guest Evan Parker)
Black Top
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Twice
Blink
- Regular
- £12.99
- Sale
- £12.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Mayfest '94
Billy Jenkins
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Dupleix
Glockenspiel
- Regular
- £13.99
- Sale
- £13.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Barbacana
Barbacana
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Free #3
Black Top
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
#One (With Special Guest Steve Williamson)
Black Top
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
You Draw The Line
Christine Tobin
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Half Light - Cd Edition
Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart
- Regular
- £12.99
- Sale
- £12.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Bamagwaza
Kei McGregor's Band
- Regular
- £12.99
- Sale
- £12.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Constellations and Hemispheres
Wadada Leo Smith
- Regular
- £20.99
- Sale
- £20.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Le Musee de l'Impressionnisme
Robert Callender
- Regular
- £10.99
- Sale
- £10.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
In This Desert
Michael Sarian
- Regular
- £27.99
- Sale
- £27.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Always A Hoot / Live In Boston 1973
Jerry Garcia, Howard Wales and Friends
- Regular
- £12.99
- Sale
- £12.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Hello Hi
Ellie Harris
- Regular
- £13.99
- Sale
- £13.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per
Heartbeat
Azamiah
- Regular
- £11.99 - £21.99
- Sale
- £11.99 - £21.99
- Regular
-
- Unit Price
- per